Summer? Give the first service is an oil change I’m at a loss at to how this would in any way have any bearing on operating temperature. If you’re smelling burning oil, it could be sloppy work if the tech spilled oil on the exhaust/turbo and didn’t clean it up.

August was also summer when I picked up the vehicle in New Jersey, drove it to South Carolina where summer was suspended for three minutes during the eclipse, then across the country and uphill to Colorado. The temp routinely registered closer to the 190º mark than the 240º mark it now does. And, as I mentioned, I noticed the difference only after the first service. Of course this may be something unrelated to the burnt smell. (Which, by the way, is never an issue in the cabin. Only noticed when existing the vehicle.)

Smell-wize (just because I’ve never typed that word before), sure, probably spillage. After a road trip to California last May I noticed small black drippy specks, about the size of coarse pepper, radiating away from the oil fill cap. They’ve not returned after wiping affected areas down with a rag.

Lastly, I just checked the oil level (cold engine): a little more than 2/3rds.